Links for 2022-04-15
Array programming with NumPy: “Here we review how a few fundamental array concepts lead to a simple and powerful programming paradigm for organizing, exploring and analysing scientific data.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2649-2
What's next for AlphaFold and the AI protein-folding revolution https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00997-5
Simple and Effective Zero-Shot Task-Oriented Dialogue https://ai.googleblog.com/2022/04/simple-and-effective-zero-shot-task.html
NASA’s 2006 Space Technology 5 carried an unusual item — an antenna that had evolved through Darwinian evolution. https://www.futilitycloset.com/2022/04/07/evolved-antennas/
All-optical visualization of specific molecules in the ultrastructural context of brain tissue https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.04.486901v1.article-info
Full-Color Night Vision Almost Reality After Deep Learning Breakthrough https://interestingengineering.com/full-color-night-vision
Explaining the LGBT Explosion: "Over the course of five generations, bisexual identity has multiplied by a factor of 75!...why is there such a massive generational pattern? Why would older LGBTs stay in the closet as the stigma plummets?" https://betonit.substack.com/p/lgbt-explosion?s=r
Women are unhappy: "Using data across countries and over time we show that women are unhappier than men in unhappiness and negative affect equations, irrespective of the measure used – anxiety, depression, fearfulness, sadness, loneliness, anger – and they have more days with bad mental health and more restless sleep. Women are also less satisfied with many aspects of their lives such as democracy, the economy, the state of education and health services. They are also less happy in the moment in terms of peace and calm, cheerfulness, feeling active, vigorous, fresh and rested." https://www.nber.org/papers/w29893
How AI and imagery build a self-updating map https://blog.google/products/maps/how-ai-and-imagery-build-self-updating-map/
An autonomous combat robot designed mainly to take down drones using advanced programmable munitions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbqjbPDaGMk
Rheinmetall Air Defence: Skynex truck-mounted engaging drone swarm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb5_F4_Eod8&t=1s
Switchblade: A look at the drone the US is sending to Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDZjR5a4NxA
“We Are Conjecture, A New Alignment Research Startup” https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jfq2BH5kfQqu2vYv3/we-are-conjecture-a-new-alignment-research-startup
The Decision That Cost Hitler the War [The New York Times] https://archive.ph/MSxMJ
gwern on how "normal people" should act given short AGI timelines:
I said it before but I will say it again, people are not worried enough about narrow AI. Just imagine what drones equipped with bee-level intelligence and neurotoxins or blinding lasers could do if they were attracted to enemy soldiers instead of flowers. If you make them attack civilians you have a scalable weapon of mass destruction.